This article presents performance-related architecture topics for the Intel 5100 MCH chipset to assist system architects in designing a high performance solution. It will help engineers and architects make decisions with an awareness of performance implications, such as CPU population, memory configuration, and I/O device placement. This article also addresses performance tuning options for the...

During the process of software design, software architects have their reasons to choose certain software components to address particular software requirements and constraints. However, existing software architecture review techniques often rely on the design reviewers’ knowledge and experience, and perhaps using some checklists, to identify design gaps and issues, without questioning the reaso...